EP3124638B1 - Stabilisatorstahl mit hoher festigkeit und hervorragender korrosionsbeständigkeit, fahrzeugstabilisator damit und verfahren zur herstellung davon - Google Patents

Stabilisatorstahl mit hoher festigkeit und hervorragender korrosionsbeständigkeit, fahrzeugstabilisator damit und verfahren zur herstellung davon Download PDF

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EP3124638B1
EP3124638B1 EP15769463.9A EP15769463A EP3124638B1 EP 3124638 B1 EP3124638 B1 EP 3124638B1 EP 15769463 A EP15769463 A EP 15769463A EP 3124638 B1 EP3124638 B1 EP 3124638B1
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  • the disclosure relates to a stabilizer steel material, a vehicle stabilizer, and a method for manufacturing a vehicle stabilizer.
  • a stabilizer is an important safety part in a suspension mechanism that reduces the roll of a vehicle during cornering and improves ride quality and driving stability. Since the stabilizer reduces vehicle body lean by spring action, steel as its raw material needs to have sufficient strength, toughness, and durability.
  • conventional stabilizers have been manufactured by, after cutting a hot rolled steel material of carbon steel such as S48C or spring steel such as SUP9 into predetermined dimensions, hot forging and bending the steel material, and further performing oil quenching-tempering to thermally refine the steel material to a predetermined strength.
  • demand has increased to omit heat treatment and improve productivity and efficiency, for cost reduction.
  • JP H11-323495 A (PTL 1) describes a steel with a chemical composition in which Nb, Ti, and B are added to a steel of 0.13% to 0.35% C - 0.1% to 1.8% Si - 0.8% to 1.8% Cr, as non-heat-treated spring rolled wire steel or bar steel that, without undergoing high deformation or quenching-tempering after hot rolling, has a high strength of 120 kgf/mm 2 to 150 kgf/mm 2 as hot rolled, has excellent ductility and toughness and cold bending workability, and can be worked into a spring, a stabilizer, etc.
  • JP 2000-17390 A (PTL 2) describes a non-heat-treated high-strength steel material for a shock-absorbing/restoring mechanism member such as a stabilizer, which has a strength of 1150 MPa or more and good cold workability.
  • a steel with a composition in which V as a main element and other precipitation hardening elements are added in combination is hot rolled at low temperature and then cooled at an appropriate cooling rate.
  • WO 2011/111623 A1 (PTL 3) describes a stabilizer produced by cold forming and then quenching-tempering a steel obtained by adding Ti and B to a steel of 0.24% to 0.40% C - 0.15% to 0.40% Si - 0.50% to 1.20% Mn - 0.30% or less Cr.
  • JP 2012-237040 A (PTL 4) describes a stabilizer used as water quenched after cold forming or hot forming a steel obtained by adding Ti, Nb, and Al to a steel of 0.15% to 0.35% C - more than 0.60% and up to 1.5% Si - 1% to 3% Mn - 0.3% to 0.8% Cr with the range of Ti + Nb being limited.
  • JP 2007 131871 A (D1) describes a steel for induction hardening.
  • the steel has a composition consisting of 0.35 to 0.65% C, ⁇ 0.50% Si, 0.65 to 2.00% Mn, ⁇ 0.015% P, 0.003 to 0.080% S, 0.05 to 0.50% Mo, ⁇ 0.10% Al, ⁇ 0.0070% N, ⁇ 0.0020% O and the balance Fe with impurities and also has a structure in which martensite comprises ⁇ 70% by area fraction.
  • One or more kinds among elements in the following groups can be contained: (group 1) 0.0005 to 0.0050% B, ⁇ 0.045% Ti and 3.4N to (3.4N+0.02)%; (group 2) one or more kinds among ⁇ 0.20% Cu, ⁇ 0.20% Ni, ⁇ 0.20% Cr, ⁇ 0.30% Nb and ⁇ 0.20% V; (group 3) one or more kinds among ⁇ 0.01% Ca, ⁇ 0.30% Pb, ⁇ 0.03% Bi and ⁇ 0.10% Te.
  • EP 2708612 A1 (D2) describes a steel, designed for corrosion resistance and low-temperature toughness, for use as a vehicle suspension spring part.
  • the steel comprises 0.15 to 0.35% by mass of C, more than 0.6% by mass but 1.5% by mass or less of Si, 1 to 3% by mass of Mn, 0.3 to 0.8% by mass of Cr, 0.005 to 0.080% by mass of sol.
  • Al 0.005 to 0.060% by mass of Ti, 0.005 to 0.060% by mass of Nb, not more than 150 ppm of N, not more than 0.035% by mass of P, not more than 0.035% by mass of S, 0.01 to 1.00% by mass of Cu, and 0.01 to 1.00% by mass of Ni, the balance consisting of Fe and unavoidable impurities, with Ti + Nb ⁇ 0.07% by mass, and has a tensile strength of not less than 1,300 MPa.
  • the technique described in PTL 3 can reduce cost, but is often problematic in terms of durability and especially in terms of sustainable corrosion resistance. The technique is thus unable to improve durability as desired.
  • the steel material described in PTL 4 does not have improved toughness as desired, and varies in durability.
  • quenching-tempering processes by oil quenching are needed after hot forming, depending on the chemical composition of the raw material. Disposal of waste oil used in such processes imposes burden on the global environment, and so processes avoiding the use of oil are desirable.
  • Another quenching method is water quenching. Water quenching, however, needs to be followed by reheating-tempering. This reheating-tempering requires high implementation cost, and so it is desirable to omit the reheating-tempering.
  • a stabilizer as an important safety part not only needs to have both high strength and high toughness, but also needs to cope with cold weathers, and therefore it is important to ensure low-temperature toughness as well as normal-temperature toughness.
  • the strength of the steel material is roughly determined by the C content, and a higher C content tends to cause lower toughness.
  • the invention provides a stabilizer steel consisting of, in mass%: C: 0.21% to 0.35%; Si: 0.60% or less but not including 0%; Mn: 0.30% to 1.50%; P: 0.035% or less; S: 0.035% or less; Cu: 0.05% to 0.35%; Ni: 0.03% to 0.15%; Cr: 0.05% to 0.80%; Mo: 0.003% to 0.050%; sol.
  • Al 0.005% to 0.080%; and B: 0.0005% to 0.0100%, and optionally, in mass%, one or more selected from Ca: 0.010% or less; Pb: 0.5% or less; Ti: 0.005% to 0.050%; V: 0.005% to 0.050%; and Nb: 0.005% to 0.050%, with a balance being Fe and incidental impurities, wherein a sum of the Cu content and the Ni content is 0.15% or more, and a crystal grain size after water quenching is in a range of 7.5 to 10.5 in prior austenite crystal grain size number according to JIS G 0551, and the stabilizer steel has a tensile strength of 1200 MPa or more.
  • the invention provides a method for manufacturing a stabilizer in vehicle stabilizer production, the method comprising: rolling the stabilizer steel according to claim 1 into a steel bar or a wire rod; after rolling the stabilizer steel, cold forming the steel bar or the wire rod into a shape of a stabilizer; and heating the formed stabilizer to a range of [an austenitizing temperature + 50 °C] or more and less than 1050 °C; or heating the steel bar or the wire rod to a range of [an austenitizing temperature + 50 °C] or more and less than 1050 °C, to form the steel bar or the wire rod into a shape of a stabilizer; or heating the steel bar or the wire rod to a range of [an austenitizing temperature + 50 °C] or more and 1250 °C or less, to form the steel bar or the wire rod into a shape of a stabilizer, air cooling the formed stabilizer to a normal temperature; reheating the cooled stabilizer to a range of [an austenit
  • a stabilizer that has a tensile strength of 1200 MPa or more and excellent normal-temperature and low-temperature toughness is obtained by an environmentally friendly manufacturing process at lower cost, which is industrially very useful.
  • C is an element necessary to ensure a predetermined strength of steel. To attain a tensile strength of 1200 MPa or more, the C content needs to be 0.21% or more. If the C content exceeds 0.35%, the carbide becomes excessive, and the corrosion resistance and the toughness both decrease too much. The upper limit is therefore 0.35%.
  • the stabilizer raw material by using a steel material low in carbon content as the stabilizer raw material, quench cracks expected to occur in water quenching using conventional stabilizer raw materials are prevented, and the toughness and corrosion resistance of the steel material are improved to realize a safer stabilizer.
  • Si 0.60% or less (not including 0%)
  • Si is necessary for deoxidation during steelmaking, and effective in solid solution strengthening for the matrix and sag resistance enhancement as a spring. Accordingly, the addition of Si is essential. If the Si content exceeds 0.60%, however, the toughness degrades and so the durability degrades. The upper limit of the Si content is therefore 0.60%.
  • the Mn content needs to be 0.30% or more, to enhance the quench hardenability of the steel and ensure its strength. If the Mn content exceeds 1.50%, central segregation or microsegregation increases, causing the toughness of the steel to degrade. The upper limit of the Mn content is therefore 1.50%.
  • P is an impurity element which incidentally remains or enters in the process of steelmaking, and is segregated in the crystal grain boundary to cause toughness degradation. However, 0.035% or less P is allowable.
  • S is an impurity element which incidentally remains or enters in the process of steelmaking, and is segregated in the crystal grain boundary to cause toughness degradation, as with P. Besides, MnS as an inclusion becomes excessive, leading to decreases in both toughness and corrosion resistance. However, 0.035% or less S is allowable.
  • Cu is an element effective in improving the corrosion resistance. To achieve the effect, the Cu content needs to be 0.05% or more. If the Cu content exceeds 0.35%, the effect saturates, which is not economical. The upper limit of the Cu content is therefore 0.35%.
  • Ni is an element that improves the corrosion resistance, as with Cu. To achieve the effect, the Ni content needs to be 0.03% or more, in addition to the Cu content in the aforementioned range. If the Ni content exceeds 0.15%, the effect saturates, which is not economical (Ni is a scarce and expensive metal element produced in limited countries). The upper limit of the Ni content is therefore 0.15%.
  • the Cr content needs to be 0.05% or more. If the Cr content exceeds 0.80%, the Cr-containing carbide during tempering precipitates excessively and the corrosion resistance decreases significantly. The upper limit of the Cr content is therefore 0.80%.
  • Mo enhances the quench hardenability.
  • the addition of at least a slight amount of Mo enhances the toughness.
  • the effect is achieved when the Mo content is 0.003% or more. Since Mo is expensive, however, if the Mo content exceeds 0.050%, only the material cost increases, which is not economical. The Mo content is therefore 0.050% or less.
  • sol. Al 0.005% to 0.080%
  • sol. Al is an abbreviation for solid solution aluminum, and indicates acid-soluble Al. sol. Al is an important element as a deoxidizer in steelmaking. To achieve the effect, the sol. Al content needs to be 0.005% or more. If the sol. Al content exceeds 0.080%, the oxide and the nitride become excessive, and not only the corrosion resistance but also the toughness decreases. The upper limit of the sol. Al content is therefore 0.080%.
  • B is an element that significantly contributes to the quench hardenability. B enhances the quench hardenability without decreasing the toughness, thus improving the strength. B also strengthens the crystal grain boundary after quenching, for improved durability. To achieve these effects, the B content needs to be 0.0005% or more. If the B content exceeds 0.0100%, these effects saturate, which is disadvantageous in terms of cost. The B content is therefore in the range of 0.0005% to 0.0100%.
  • the sum of the Cu content and the Ni content in the steel is 0.15% or more.
  • the upper limit of the sum of the Cu content and the Ni content may be 0.50%, i.e. the sum of the respective upper limits of the Cu content and Ni content.
  • the steel material may further contain the following elements as appropriate as components that further improve the properties of the steel material industrially.
  • Ti forms a carbonitride in the steel, and is an element effective in strength improvement and crystal grain refinement. To achieve these effects, the Ti content needs to be 0.005% or more. If the Ti content exceeds 0.050%, the carbonitride becomes excessive, and the corrosion resistance and the toughness both decrease. The upper limit of the Ti content is therefore 0.050%. Accordingly, in the case of adding Ti, the Ti content is in the range of 0.005% to 0.050%.
  • V 0.005% to 0.050%
  • V is present in the steel as a carbide or a nitride, and serves to enhance the strength of the material. To achieve the effect, the V content needs to be 0.005% or more. Since V is an expensive element, however, if the V content exceeds 0.050%, only the material cost increases. Accordingly, in the case of adding V, the V content is in the range of 0.005% to 0.050%.
  • Nb refines the structure and enhances the strength of the material, and also prevents toughness degradation. To achieve these effects, the Nb content needs to be 0.005% or more. If the Nb content exceeds 0.050%, the properties saturate and only the material cost increases. Accordingly, in the case of adding Nb, the Nb content is in the range of 0.005% to 0.050%.
  • machinability improving elements such as Ca and Pb may be further added in minute amounts.
  • the perforatability of the stabilizer ends can be further improved without particularly impairing the effects of the disclosure.
  • the balance in the steel material according to the disclosure is Fe and incidental impurities.
  • Prior austenite crystal grain size number of crystal grain size 7.5 to 10.5
  • the desired tensile strength in the disclosure is high, i.e. 1200 MPa or more.
  • the toughness needs to be ensured by refining the crystal grain size to a predetermined degree or more.
  • the quench hardenability is insufficient, and the desired strength cannot be attained.
  • the crystal grain size of the steel material is limited to the range of 7.5 to 10.5 in prior austenite crystal grain size number.
  • the crystal grain size of the steel material is in the range of 8.5 to 10.5 in prior austenite crystal grain size number.
  • the crystal grain size in the disclosure can be measured as prescribed in JIS G 0551.
  • a microscope observation image for each field of an optical microscope with 100 magnification is compared with the standard charts in JIS G 0551, to determine the crystal grain size number. 10 fields per sample are measured, and their average value is calculated as a measurement. In the standard charts, the smallest unit is the crystal grain size numbers in increments of 1. In the case where the crystal grains in a microscope field are intermediate between two standard charts, however, the expression 0.5 is used. For example, in the case where the crystal grains (observation image) in a microscope field are intermediate between the standard chart of grain size number 7 and the standard chart of grain size number 8, the crystal grain size number is determined as 7.5.
  • the prior austenite crystal grain size mentioned here is the grain size of the austenite structure in quenching-heating.
  • the stabilizer manufacturing conditions are not particularly limited except the quenching temperature.
  • the stabilizer may be manufactured under conventional conditions using the stabilizer steel adjusted to the aforementioned preferable composition.
  • the stabilizer may be manufactured under the conditions described below.
  • the pre-rolling heating temperature is not particularly limited, and may be the same as a conventional wire rod or steel bar heating condition. In detail, the heating may be performed in the temperature range of 900 °C to 1250 °C.
  • the finisher delivery temperature may be in the range of 900 °C to 1100 °C, i.e. the same as a conventional finisher delivery temperature for the wire rod or steel bar.
  • the steel rolled into a steel bar or a wire rod as mentioned above is then cold formed into a stabilizer shape.
  • the formation condition may be a conventional cold forming condition.
  • the method of heating after forming the stabilizer and before quenching is not particularly limited as long as the temperature condition described below is satisfied.
  • the heating may be performed in a conventional quenching furnace under an inert gas atmosphere, to attain sufficient steel material toughness of 1200 MPa or more in tensile strength after quenching.
  • high frequency induction heating means or direct current heating means may be used.
  • the high frequency induction heating means includes not only a high frequency induction heating furnace but also a high frequency induction heating coil device having coils for easily enclosing the heating object.
  • the direct current heating means includes a direct current heater having both pole terminals for directly passing current through the heating object to cause resistance heating.
  • the heating means is preferably heating means of any of electrical heating, furnace heating, and high frequency induction heating, for productivity and the like.
  • Heating temperature before quenching [austenitizing temperature + 50 °C] or more and less than 1050 °C
  • the lower limit of the heating temperature is [the austenitizing temperature (Ac 3 ) + 50 °C]. If the upper limit is too high, the crystal grains coarsen, which may have adverse effects such as the prior austenite crystal grain size number being not within the disclosed range or decarburization being insufficient.
  • the upper limit of the heating temperature is therefore less than 1050 °C.
  • the upper limit is preferably 1030 °C, and more preferably 1000 °C.
  • the water quenching in the disclosure may be performed using a conventional method.
  • a condition such as immersion quenching into a water tank or shower cooling is preferable.
  • forming into a stabilizer shape may be hot forming instead of cold forming.
  • the heating condition in this case may be the aforementioned heating condition after cold forming and before quenching.
  • the steel is then hot formed into a stabilizer shape.
  • the condition here is conventionally known die forming using a specific die.
  • the stabilizer is once cooled to normal temperature after hot forming and then reheated and quenched in some cases.
  • the heating condition for hot forming in such a case may be the aforementioned heating condition for hot forming, but the allowable upper limit is about 1250 °C.
  • Reheating temperature [austenitizing temperature + 50 °C] or more and less than 1050 °C
  • the reheating is preferably performed with a lower limit of [the austenitizing temperature + 50 °C], and an upper limit of 1050 °C in consideration of adverse effects such as crystal grain coarsening and decarburization.
  • the heating means may be any of furnace heating, high frequency induction heating, and direct current heating, as with the heating condition for hot forming.
  • the quenched stabilizer may be further subjected to one or more selected from a shot peening process, a shot blasting process, a coating process, and a baking process.
  • the condition, facility, etc. used in each of the shot peening process, the shot blasting process, the coating process, and the baking process may comply with conventional methods.
  • the steels having the chemical compositions shown in Tables 1-1 and 1-2 were each obtained by steelmaking (150 kg) by test dissolution, made into a steel ingot, welded to form a billet measuring 160 mm per side, and hot rolled into a raw material of 20 mm in diameter. The rolled material was cut and subjected to a quenching process, and a tensile test, an impact test, an anti-corrosion test, and prior austenite crystal grain size determination were conducted. The balance in each of the steel compositions shown in Tables 1-1 and 1-2 was Fe and incidental impurities.
  • a torsional fatigue test in bar shape was conducted to evaluate the durability (fatigue strength) of the stabilizer raw material.
  • a bar of 20 mm in cross-sectional diameter was obtained by rolling the steel ingot of each composition, cut to a length of 220 mm, and subjected to electrical heating quenching and furnace heating tempering under the temperature conditions shown in Tables 2-1 and 2-2, thus producing a test piece.
  • steel Nos. 23 to 51 were steel materials whose chemical compositions and prior austenite crystal grain size numbers were within the respective disclosed ranges, and had high strength and high toughness with a tensile strength of 1200 MPa or more, and excellent corrosion resistance with a corrosion weight loss of less than 1000 (g/m 2 ). With regard to the fatigue strength, steel Nos. 23 to 51 were proved to have higher strength than steel No. 22 (JIS SUP9) as a conventional material in the torsional fatigue test.
  • steel Nos. 1 to 22 were steel materials whose chemical compositions were not within the disclosed range, and in particular steel No. 22 had the chemical composition according to JIS SUP9.
  • Table 3 shows the results of an example indicating the effect of the crystal grain size.
  • Test pieces with different prior austenite grain sizes were produced by adjusting the quenching temperature after forming using steel No. 49.
  • the other conditions were the same as those in the first example.
  • Examples 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 2-5, and 2-6 whose crystal grain sizes were within the disclosed range had excellent strength and toughness and exhibited high fatigue property.
  • Comparative Example 2-1 had low quench hardenability and low tensile strength and so was low in fatigue strength, because the prior austenite crystal grain size number was greater than the disclosed range and the crystal grains were finer.
  • Comparative Example 2-2 was low in toughness and so was low in fatigue strength, because the prior austenite crystal grain size number was smaller than the disclosed range and the crystal grains were coarser.
  • Comparative Example 2-3 was low in toughness and so was low in fatigue strength, because the crystal grains were mixed grains.

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  1. Ein Stabilisatorstahl, bestehend aus, in Masse-%:
    C: 0,21% bis 0,35%;
    Si: 0,60% oder weniger, aber ausgenommen 0%;
    Mn: 0,30% bis 1,50%;
    P: 0,035% oder weniger;
    S: 0,035% oder weniger;
    Cu: 0,05% bis 0,35%;
    Ni: 0,03% bis 0,15%;
    Cr: 0,05% bis 0,80%;
    Mo: 0,003% bis 0,050%;
    sol. Al: 0,005% bis 0,080%; und
    B: 0,0005% bis 0,0100%, und optional, in Masse-%, eines oder mehrerer, ausgewählt aus Ca: 0,010% oder weniger;
    Pb: 0,5% oder weniger;
    Ti: 0,005% bis 0,050%;
    V: 0,005% bis 0,050%; und
    Nb: 0,005 % bis 0,050 %,
    wobei der Rest Fe und zufällige Verunreinigungen sind,
    wobei die Summe des Cu-Gehalts und des Ni-Gehalts 0,15 % oder mehr beträgt und wobei die Kristallkorngröße nach dem Abschrecken mit Wasser in einem Bereich von 7,5 bis 10,5 der vorherigen Kristallkorngrößenzahl von Austenit gemäß JIS G 0551 liegt und wobei der Stabilisatorstahl eine Zugfestigkeit von 1.200 MPa oder mehr aufweist.
  2. Verfahren zur Herstellung eines Stabilisators bei der Herstellung von Fahrzeugstabilisatoren, wobei das Verfahren Folgendes umfasst:
    Walzen des Stabilisatorstahls nach Anspruch 1 zu einem Stahlstab oder Walzdraht;
    nach dem Walzen des Stabilisatorstahls, Kaltverformen des Stahlstabs oder des Walzdrahtes in die Form eines Stabilisators; und
    Erhitzen des geformten Stabilisators auf einen Bereich von [einer Austenitisierungstemperatur + 50 °C] oder mehr und weniger als 1.050 °C; oder
    Erhitzen des Stahlstabes oder des Walzdrahtes auf einen Bereich von [einer Austenitisierungstemperatur + 50 °C] oder mehr und weniger als 1.050 °C, um den Stahlstab oder den Walzdraht in die Form eines Stabilisators zu bringen; oder
    Erhitzen des Stahlstabes oder des Walzdrahtes auf einen Bereich von [einer Austenitisierungstemperatur + 50 °C] oder mehr und 1.250 °C oder weniger, um den Stahlstab oder den Walzdraht in die Form eines Stabilisators zu bringen; Abkühlen des geformten Stabilisators an der Luft auf eine normale Temperatur;
    Wiedererhitzen des abgekühlten Stabilisators auf einen Bereich von [einer Austenitisierungstemperatur + 50 °C] und weniger als 1.050 °C; und
    anschließend direktes Abschrecken des Stabilisators mit Wasser.
  3. Verfahren zur Herstellung eines Stabilisators nach Anspruch 2, ferner umfassend das Durchführen eines oder mehrerer aus einem Kugelstrahlverfahren, einem Kiesstrahlen, einem Beschichtungsverfahren und einem Einbrennverfahren.
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